BIG Silver!

[Carolina Tom]

I managed to get out early Sunday morning on a solo hunt, as the other boys had chores. I went over to the bad side of town, home of the bottle caps! I hit a couple of lots that formerly had houses on them.

I was digging the usual, nails and bottle caps... when a nickel appeared, I wiped it off, and it had that silver look to it, first silver of the day '45P war nickel.



Bolstered by my success, I plunged ahead. Not two feet later, an IHC appeared. All of my IHCs are all chewed up. I am so jealous of the gents that find the nice jade green ones.



I zapped this one with electrolysis... it was a nice 1900 when dropped, but 100 years on the ground ate it up.



A bit later, I got a fairly good signal... bigger than a quarter. I dig a lot of half dollar signals, 99% are NOT half dollars though! When the dirt came out of the hole, I saw what looked like the rim of a big silver coin...



I grabbed it up in my greedy little hand, to make sure it wasn't a gas cap or some other half dollar looking piece of junk.



It was NOT junk this time... it was a 1945 Walker.



It has been awhile since I found a silver half dollar, and let me tell you, it felt really good.

YTD silver coins: 39

Thanks for looking, and good luck on your hunts!

 

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[JackalopeZL1]

Great Hunt Tom!!

 

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[relic nut]

That's a sweet one Bud!!! Great job. You've earned it.

HH, RN

 

[scruggs]

Nicely done! Love the half!

 

[trapperart]

Congrats on the Walker and other nice finds

 

[cjon455]

Good job on that walker! Awesome find man!!

 

[BIENER]

Looks like time well spent. Nice recovery!

 

[Davers]

You are very lucky!! I am drooling over that 1911 Barber half!! I would do anything to find a silver half!

My thoughts exactly.
Great hunt.

 

[Carolina Tom]

My thoughts exactly.
Great hunt.

Thanks gents! The 1911 is really nice... very little wear on it. Smittyman missed that coin, I went behind him and found it... not a good day for Smittyman... I had to celebrate very quietly.

 

[BladeRunner2019]

Thanks BM. Hope you've been doing well.

I love finding the half dollars, for me, that's as good as it gets. In my 3.5 years of detecting, I've been lucky enough to find 11 of them. Here is a pic of all of them together!

VERY nice Walker.

11 in 3.5 years huh? I have 5 in 3.75 years. That's pretty close to 11.

 

[washingtonian]

Nicely done! Beautiful coin.

 

[NC Digger]

Congrats Tom! Looks like you had a Great day!

 

[port ewen ace]

I strongly without my mask & backpack

just recalled losing that big half in Charlotte in 1972 when my '70 LT-1 Marlboro maroon convertible 4 speed Corvette was getting a differential at the dealership after it got lunched otwb from Daytona----- please return my long lost coin

 

[billpa]

Looks like you had a great hunt.

 

[Ammoman]

Wow! That's what dreams are made of. Congratulations.

 

[park pirate]

Sweet finds Tom that big silver is awesome....

 

[park pirate]

Wow that big boy must have gave of a nice silver flash congrats on all of good finds

 

[K1DDO1979]

Thats ones a beauty. Congrats! [emoji106]

 

[Silvermonkey]

You've got a killer silver count going there! And BIG silvers....just can't beat the feeling when one pops out of the ground. Congrats!

 

[Loco-Digger]

Thanks BM. Hope you've been doing well.

I love finding the half dollars, for me, that's as good as it gets. In my 3.5 years of detecting, I've been lucky enough to find 11 of them. Here is a pic of all of them together!

Hey Tom have you dug any silver dollars? I started detecting in May 2014 (3.3 years) and have 11 large silvers, 8 of then are halves. I think you need to count that cut walker as a large silver.

 

[relic nut]

Thanks gents! The 1911 is really nice... very little wear on it. Smittyman missed that coin, I went behind him and found it... not a good day for Smittyman... I had to celebrate very quietly.

I once missed a three cent peice and left it for my hunting buddy. I still hear about that.
You guys just don't know how to be good host like Smittyman and myself.

HH, RN